Google’s Number One! In Malware!

By Shara Tibken

Another sign of Nokia’s decline and Google Android’s rise — albeit of the ironic variety — comes from McAfee.

The security provider, now owned by Intel, says in its second-quarter threats report that Android nabbed the top spot for the most mobile malware, jumping over Nokia’s Symbian and Oracle’s Java.

McAfee says the rapid rise in Android malware in the second quarter indicates the platform could become an increasing target for cyber criminals, affecting everything from calendar apps to text messages to fake Angry Birds updates.

McAfee adds that Apple Macs have become more of a target for malware, too, and 2011 is on track to reach a record for malware.

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Recently, It’s getting even worse. Symantec is criminal & breaking the law. I can’t believe Symantec indulge David Freer & Suzy Walsham to get my person info through HR dept. for their own personal purposes, which is toally violating the privacy law. (as I have worked for Symantec before). As I called to Symantec headquarter & talked to legal Mona Ramamurthy & sent an email to all the management team (as they can’t pretend they didn’t know about it) and got no responses at all. What is Symantec management team’s thinking? What makes them to think they could break the law BOLDLY? Is US a legal & civilized country or what? Or Symantec thought they could just hide behind hundred of lawyers’ back and as one solo person I can barely hurt them at all? I wish President Obama would know this. Then he can tell the chairman & CEO of Symantec, Enrique Salem, the same words as he told Congressman Anthony Weiner “If I was him, I would resign” from Obama’s management advisory. I wish Symantec shareholders would know this, so they can sell the stocks to show their disagreement with their RUDE & ILLEGAL behaviors. I wish the press would start investigating this. Thank you.
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David Freer even hacked into my email account to get pastor wife's address. A hacker works for Symantec management, how ironic! Boycott Norton & Symantec - say no to the lawbreaker company!

12:04 am August 24, 2011

light wrote :

David Freer (VP, Symantec Consumer Business Units – Norton, APJ) is a BIG LIAR! He lied to me for more than two and half years for my true feelings, time, and money. Also kept saying I am the only one in his life. Even this year on Feb. 2, he used company line to lead me to have phone sex with him. Until I found out there’s some other woman, he made up another lie and finally admitted he’s been living with her for a year. Later, I realized they were all lies. He actually has married March 2009. And now he just totally disappeared and not answering any phone calls, acting like “hit & run” irresponsible baby. Can you trust someone like this, with no ethics and integrity? The more unbelievable things is David Freer newly-wed wife – SUZY WALSHAM, she shamefully admitted she was the third person who broke up David Freer & his ex 12 years relationships, and mocking at me as the 3rd “unsuspected” person, as she agreed with his husband’s behaviors!!!!!! SHAME ON both of you, DAVID FREER & SUZY WALSHAM!!!!!!! (THEY BOTH WORK FOR SYMANTEC and when they met, they were boss-staff relationships. Obviously, Symantec didn’t mind paying checks & job offer for managements to support their mistresses, as David Freer was living with his long-time girlfriend.)
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2:24 pm August 23, 2011

Player_16 wrote :

Yeah Anon, all those malware attacks on OS X; it's up to about 4 in circulation now. Better watch your back!

11:25 am August 23, 2011

foomench wrote :

Anon., did you not read that part about Macs getting more malware? Oh, and there were all sorts of viruses on Macs many years ago long before they started showing up on PCs. That resource fork part of files and the way floppy disks were read when you inserted one into the computer made them prime targets.

10:59 am August 23, 2011

Anonymous wrote :

Google should have learned from Microsoft: open systems invite hacking. Microsoft still hasn't conquered the hackers, while Apple has thwarted them by controlling both the hardware and software.

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